Harrison: 1975 books

“The longtime chronicler of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula . . . gives eloquent expression to death and the grieving process.” —Booklist Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as “a master . . . who makes the ordinary extraordinary, the unnamable unforgettable,” beloved author Jim...

“A sensitive, powerful love story about a man on the cutting edge of life.” —Richard Brautigan In Farmer, Jim Harrison tells the story of Joseph, a forty-three-year-old farmer-schoolteacher who suddenly finds himself at a crossroads. Forced to choose between two lovers one a tantalizing...

One of American literature’s most significant authors delivers “a coming-of-age story, a familial saga of estrangement . . . A slow-burning revenge tragedy” (The New York Times Book Review). An epic tale that pits a son against the legacy of his family’s desecration of the earth, and...

There's no doubt about it: Colin Harrison is a master storyteller. Critics and readers love his gripping, dark books. It's hard not to get sucked into his world. Entertainment Weekly calls him the "class act of the urban thriller," Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times lauds him as "a...

The gadget was strictly, beyond any question, a toy. Not a real, workable device. Except for the way it could work under a man's mental skin.... Harry Harrison (March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012) was an American science fiction author, known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and for...

Oracle Performance Survival Guide   A Systematic Approach to Database Optimization   The fast, complete, start-to-finish guide to optimizing Oracle performance   Oracle Performance Survival Guide offers a structured, systematic, start-to-finish methodology for optimizing Oracle performance as efficiently...

It's wonderful to grow your own fruit and vegetables but what do you do when it all ripens at once? How do you cope with the glut which threatens to overwhelm you? Will help all those who grow their own fruit and vegetables to store their produce properly so that it will last for months and...

‘Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500. He places these diseases within an international perspective, and demonstrates the relationship between European expansion and changing epidemiological patterns. The book is a significant introduction to a fascinating...

Does God want us to be wealthy? Many people believe that God offers not only eternal joy in the hereafter but also material blessings in the here and now. Other Christians see this "prosperity theology," as nothing more than vulgar materialism, incompatible with orthodox Christianity. In...

"A well-written text . . . should find a wide readership, especially among graduate students." — Dr. J. I. Pankove, RCA.The field of solid state theory, including crystallography, semi-conductor physics, and various applications in chemistry and electrical engineering, is highly relevant to many...

Ernest John Harrison was a journalist and translator who spoke many languages. He was exposed to the art in Japan in 1897. Harrison was rumoured to be something of a hot-head and a tough guy who backed down to no-one. W. E. Steers and E. J. Harrison was the first non-Japanese to be graded to shodan...

Are you trusting in the world's financial system that is unstable, ever changing, and often left to chance? Instead, trust in God's banking system, where your money is multiplied beyond measure and safe and secure because it is founded on the rock of Jesus Christ. God's banking system is the only one...

Autor del exito Herramientas para la motivacion con mas de un million de ejemplares vendidos! "Este libro impactara su vida. Se encontrara leyendolo una y otra vez." Peter Lowe - Coordinador principal de exito de America. "Bob Harrison tiene una forma de extraer las verdades de cada articulo que le dara...

A central tenet of Catholic religious practice, confession relies upon the use of language between the penitent and his or her confessor. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as Spain colonized the Quechua-speaking Andean world, the communication of religious beliefs and practices—especially...